Italian children watch as Mount Vesuvius erupts near thier home in Italy on 21 March 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corp photograph, Gift in Memory of William F. Caddell, Sr., from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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227.Photograph. '21 March 44. MM-5-44-2808-32. Fifth Army, San Sebastiano Area, Italy. Unafraid, these Italian children, who have seen the violence of war pass them by, watch a far more powerful force move on their homes as Mt. Vesuvius pours this thirty foot high wall of molten lava on their home town of San Sebastiano. Photo by Rooney. 163rd Signal Photo Co.' San Sebastiano Area, Italy. 21 March 1944
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Signal Corps photographs from the service of William F. Caddell, Sr. taken from the Fall of Rome through the end of the war.
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San Sebastiano al Vesuvio
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40.833
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14.367
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Volcanic eruptions--Italy
Children--Italy
Volcanoes--Italy